Christmas Countdown: Days 9/10: Easy Victoria Sponge

For those fussy people who don't like christmas cake... There is always one....

So.....

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius or gas mark 4.

Cream 225g of butter with 225g of caster sugar until paler and fluffy. Standard.

Add 4 eggs bit by bit alternating with half of 225g of self-raising flour. eggs. bit of flour. eggs. bit of flour. Repeat.

Then stir in 2 tsps of vanilla extract. (to make it more Christmassy, you could use cinnamon instead)

Fold in the rest of the self-raising flour, incorporating as much air as possible.

If the mixture is too stiff add some milk.

Put half the cake mix in one greased tin and the other half in the other greased tin.

Bake for around 30 mins. Or until golden brown.

To test if the cake is cooked, a knife should come out clean when stabbed in the top and bounce back when tapped gently on the top.

Sandwich the cakes together, with cream, jam, or in summer fresh fruit... perhaps not at Christmas...

Then ice festively!